Eugène Delacroix
Study of a Forest

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Study of a Forest
Datec. 1842–1846
MediumGraphite and wash on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 5 9/16 × 8 13/16 in. (14.1 × 22.4 cm)
Frame: 13 × 16 3/16 × 2 in. (33 × 41.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by The Robert Cummins Stuart and Frances Wells Stuart Collection Endowment in honor of Gary Tinterow
Object number2023.189
Non exposé

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ProvenanceEstate of artist; [Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Delacroix Atelier Sale, February 22–27, 1864, possibly part of lot 590 (described as “drawings and watercolors made in Nohant in 1842 and 1843”) (L. 838a)]; possibly sold to Alfred Sensier (1815–1877); possibly [his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 11–12, 1877, lot 367 (under Vingt-six croquis de paysages)]; [sale, SVV Denis Herbette Sárl, Doullens, France, December 12, 2021, lot unknown]; private collection, France; purchased by [Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, by December 2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]
[none]
Recto: Estate Sale Stamp in red ink, bottom left corner: E.D [cursive]
Catalogue raisonnéRobaut, Chesneau, and Calmettes, Cat. 1713
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